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As Arctic melt accelerates, Canada moves to protect 'The Last Ice Area'
After months of bad northern climate-change news — Canada’s Arctic warming at three times the global rate, permafrost melting 70 years ahead of predictions, the worst polar wildfire seas...1 August 2019
Lack of consensus in Arctic Council risks the future of nature and people
Arctic Foreign Ministers meeting today did not release a Declaration because they could not agree to collective action on climate change.7 May 2019
Delivery of WWF Underwater Noise petition to Arctic Council
Media advisory: Rovaniemi, Finland3 May 2019
WWF Recommendations for Inclusion in the Arctic Council 2019 Rovaniemi Ministerial Declaration
The next two years are extremely important for the global community’s ability to take important steps forward in the protection of biodiversity, the urgent reduction of greenhouse gas emis...2 May 2019
Arctic states failing to protect nature from dangers of shipping
Industrial pressures in the Arctic will only increase due to climate change29 April 2019
Senior Specialist, Sustainable Development
Job opportunity with the WWF Arctic Programme27 March 2019
Reducing CO2 emissions key to preventing influxes of polar bears in Arctic communities: WWF
Declining sea ice and human garbage have set the stage for a huge influx of polar bears on the Russian Arctic island of Novaya Zemlya.11 February 2019
Greenland ice sheet melt a "sleeping giant"
A study released this week in the journal Nature found that that ice sheet covering most of Greenland is melting at an "exceptional" rate.7 December 2018
High Arctic marine protected area would safeguard more of the Last Ice Area
World Wildlife Fund Canada welcomes the announcement of an agreement in principal between the government of Canada and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association to explore options to protect the High ...5 December 2018
Protecting the Arctic ecosystem as new ocean, blue economy emerge
Sustainability is the key to getting it right from the beginning.26 November 2018
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